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Varaha Purana 3.29: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 29

Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa

तस्मान्नारायणं ध्यात्वा प्राप्तोऽस्मि परतो नृप । तस्मात् त्वमपि राजेन्द्र भव विष्णुपरायणः ॥ ३.२९ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 3.29

tasmān nārāyaṇaṃ dhyātvā prāpto 'smi parato nṛpa | tasmāt tvam api rājendra bhava viṣṇu-parāyaṇaḥ || 3.29 ||

కాబట్టి, ఓ నృపా! నారాయణుని ధ్యానించి నేను పరమపదాన్ని పొందాను. అందువల్ల, ఓ రాజేంద్రా! నీవు కూడా విష్ణుపరాయణుడవై, సంపూర్ణ భక్తుడవు కావాలి।

तस्मात्therefore/from that
तस्मात्:
अपादान (Source/cause)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपञ्चमी (Ablative/पञ्चमी), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग
नारायणम्Nārāyaṇa
नारायणम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootनारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग
ध्यात्वाhaving meditated
ध्यात्वा:
पूर्वकालक्रिया (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootध्यै (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त्वा (Gerund/absolutive), अव्यय; ‘having meditated’
प्राप्तःattained
प्राप्तः:
कर्ता (Agent)
TypeVerb
Rootप्राप् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (PPP), प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग
अस्मिI am
अस्मि:
क्रिया (Copula)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
परतःto the higher (state)/beyond
परतः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb/ablatival form) अर्थः—‘beyond/afterwards/from elsewhere’ (context: ‘to the higher state’)
नृपO king
नृप:
सम्बोधन (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
अपादान (Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्ता (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
सम्बन्ध (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक अव्यय (particle: also/even)
राजेन्द्रO lord of kings
राजेन्द्र:
सम्बोधन (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः), सम्बोधन, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग
भवbecome/be
भव:
क्रिया (Command)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative/लोट्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
विष्णुपरायणःdevoted to Viṣṇu
विष्णुपरायणः:
प्रधानीय (Predicate complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootविष्णु + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (विष्णौ परायणः), प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; predicate adjective of ‘त्वम्’

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
D
Dharma-śāstra Context

FAQs

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic didactic mode: a teacher-figure addresses a ruler, linking governance with personal discipline (dhyāna) and a soteriological goal (attainment of the “supreme” state).

No geographic location is named in this verse; it is framed as ethical-philosophical instruction rather than sacred geography.

The verse recommends contemplative practice (meditation on Nārāyaṇa) and a sustained value-orientation (becoming viṣṇu-parāyaṇa), presented as a model for a ruler’s conduct and life-goal.

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